City Of Shakopee: Shakopee Family Honors Loved One With Little Free Library

Press release from the City of Shakopee:

10/04/2021 3:22 pm

There's a new Little Free Library in town and for one Shakopee family, it holds extra special meaning. 

The library was donated to the City of Shakopee's Glacier Park by Shakopee resident Karoline Warner in memory of her husband Dave Warner, who died suddenly in May 2021.

Dave Warner was a school counselor in Prior Lake and had a lifelong love of books. His daughters — Maiya, 14, and Esme, 8 — came up with the idea to donate a Little Free Library in his honor.

"Books and sharing those with kids was always important to him," said Karoline Warner. "With my own kids, he loved to read to them. He was the guy with the puppet theater." 

Maiya designed the look of the library and collected the first set of books to put in it. Her grandparents, Dave Warner's parents, helped find a builder for the little library and facilitated communication between Maiya and the city to arrange the donation. 

The inside of the library is lined with aged book pages and Star Wars stickers to reflect Dave Warner's love of reading and all things Star Wars. 

The Little Free Library is located at the entrance of Glacier Park, 8550 Portage Lane, Shakopee. 

This press release was produced by the City of Shakopee. The views expressed here are the author’s own.